Next New England

This week on NEXT: Why Vermont's farmworkers are facing food insecurity. Plus, how our bicycle infrastructure was created, and a new trend in bike racing in Vermont. We'll also learn about a skateboarding competition in Western Massachusetts. Finally, we'll hear a personal story of addiction and recovery. It's NEXT.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on NEXT: We discuss the future of natural gas in our region. And, how Springfield-born Theodor Geisel became Dr. Seuss. We’ll also hear from young environmental activists. Plus, we’ll take a tour down the Quinnipiac River. And, if the walls could talk, what would they say? A new book explores how objects in an abandoned mill building could tell the story of a town. Finally, we’ll meet a troubadour who’s touring our region. It’s NEXT.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on NEXT: We'll travel with a van that's providing addiction services on the streets of Boston. Plus, how EMTs are helping collect overdose data in Connecticut. We'll also discuss the choices that parents of deaf children face about how to teach their children to communicate. And, we'll learn about how the health of bees affects our food supply. We'll also go fishing on the Connecticut River. Finally, we'll hear from former workers at prominent music venues in Western Massachusetts who say there was a pattern of labor law violations. It's NEXT.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on NEXT: We’ll hear about how housing policies have created segregated towns across New England. Plus, we’ll talk to a commercial fisherman turned ocean farmer about the future of the fishing industry. And a group in Maine is bringing new life to historic sea chanties. Finally, we’ll learn about the loggers in the Northern forests of Vermont who are still logging by hand. It’s NEXT.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on NEXT: We’ll hear about how PFAS chemicals got into the milk supply at one Maine farm. Plus, a look at waste laws around New England. We’ll also learn about how efforts to save one local butterfly ended up helping another. And, a 24-hour birding competition in Massachusetts. Finally, we’ll talk to citizen scientists in Vermont. It’s NEXT.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on NEXT: We’ll take a look at police body cameras around the region. Plus, a border stop far from the border. As Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, MA goes to close, we discuss the decommissioning process. Plus, we reflect on the history of the plant. And, how the Mohawk Trail got its name, and who has been left out. It’s NEXT.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on NEXT: We look at Rhode Island’s 911 system, and Emergency Medical Services in Vermont. We’ll learn about a lobster war on the U.S.-Canada border. And, we’ll discuss a rural pop star’s New England roots. We’ll also visit the New England Accordion Museum. It’s NEXT.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on NEXT: How the Sackler family has impacted Massachusetts politics, and why their role in a ski resort is causing controversy in a small town in Vermont. And a new program helps Vermont seniors outside of nursing homes.  Plus, an architecture course imagines a future for Provincetown, Massachusetts as rising sea levels threaten the town. We'll also discuss why breweries have become a destination for candidates campaigning in New Hampshire. And we'll go to a gravel bike race in Vermont. Finally, we'll remember a poet who lived in New Hampshire. It's NEXT.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on NEXT: The city of Providence, Rhode Island is thinking about selling its water to make up for its large pension liability, but is it the city's to sell? Plus, new lobster traps could help protect endangered North Atlantic Right Whales from entanglements. And, as the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station is set to close later this month, we look at the environmental and economic effects the plant has had on its hometown of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Finally, we'll hear from an entrepreneur who's working to change Boston's school lunches, and we'll visit a farm on Connecticut's coast. It's NEXT.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on NEXT: We're tackling housing in New England, from gentrification in the region's urban areas, to housing crunches in the rural ones. Plus, we'll talk about homelessness in Maine, and why a disproportionate number of the LGBTQ community experience homelessness. It's NEXT.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on NEXT: We’ll explore broadband access around New England. Plus, what role should invasive species play in combating climate change? And, we’ll travel to Maine and Martha’s Vineyard for discussions about race and racism.  It’s NEXT.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on NEXT: We speak with Teresa Mares about her new book, which explores food insecurity among farm workers in Vermont. Plus, we take a look at school funding around our region. We’ll talk with NHPR’s Sarah Gibson about her new series, ‘Adequate,’ and listen to reporting from Connecticut Public Radio’s David DesRoches about private philanthropy in public schools. Finally, we'll discuss protests on Harvard University’s campus fifty years later, and speak with activists about how student organizing has changed since then. It’s NEXT.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on NEXT: What CMP’s Transmission Line would mean for Maine’s forests.  Plus, Vermont’s declining refugee population. And, Rhode Island’s shrinking quahog industry. We’ll also learn about a dialogue project between individuals in Massachusetts, Kentucky and South Carolina. And, we’ll meet Fenway’s Mr. Fix-It, learn about the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, and visit New Hampshire’s last Roller Rink. It’s NEXT.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on NEXT: How “equity measures” built into Massachusetts’ law to legalizing marijuana are working on the ground. Plus, the push to legalize sports betting around the region. And, we visit a community solar project in Connecticut. We’ll also learn about how the example of a politically influential family in New Hampshire can illustrate how the Republican Party’s attitudes towards climate change have evolved over time. Finally, we meet some of the millennials of color who are shaping Boston’s arts scene, and we’ll hear about a book of poetry inspired by the Pioneer Valley.  It’s NEXT.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on NEXT: We look at Rhode Island’s 911 services. Plus, as rural towns in Vermont have trouble getting enough volunteers to staff EMS, how emergency care in the state is being affected. We also discuss the trial of Lizzie Borden. And, how a pop star who recently performed at South by Southwest got her start in New Hampshire. Finally, we visit the New England Accordion Connection and Museum.  It’s NEXT. (more…)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on NEXT: a year after a school shooting that didn’t happen in Vermont, we hear about what changes to school security are being made in the state. Plus, we learn about firearm exports out of New Hampshire. And, why children seeking psychiatric care in Vermont’s emergency rooms are forced to wait. Also six months after a casino opened in Springfield, Massachusetts, what gambling addiction services are available? Finally, a new bill would alert residents of Massachusetts if sewage is in the waterways. And we visit the abandoned towns underneath Boston’s drinking supply. It’s NEXT. (more…)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on NEXT: A side-by-side comparison of Northern Pass and New England Clean Energy Connect, and what’s next for the transmission line that will bring hydropower from Canada to Massachusetts. Plus, we hear from a Vermont woman about her opioid addiction, and how she is moving towards recovery.    And we visit two old buildings that are making communities re-think what role history should play in their future. It’s NEXT. (more…)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on NEXT: We travel around New England to learn about who has trouble getting reliable internet access, and why that matters. Plus, we discuss a new documentary about the fight for lobster along the U.S.-Canada border. Finally, we’ll introduce you to the Snow Rangers of Mount Washington, and take you down a giant luge in New Hampshire. And we’ll listen in on Maine’s great chickadee debate. It’s NEXT. (more…)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on NEXT: We’ll talk about how regional issues are playing out in state capitals, including discussions of tolls, clean-ups of the region’s waterways, and cross-state transmission lines. Plus, we look at the future of nuclear energy around our region. Finally, we’ll go to Maine and Martha’s Vineyard for a discussion of race. It’s NEXT. (more…)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on NEXT: We discuss the role of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in communities, including partnerships between New England Sheriffs and the agency. Plus, we explore the challenges incarcerated women, and their families, are facing in Western Massachusetts. And, why Southeast Asian refugees are especially susceptible to gambling addiction. In addition, how changes to immigration policies under President Trump are impacting Vietnamese immigrants.  Finally, we learn how to cook with a diversity of seafood and discuss why eating different types of species can help sustain our fisheries. WBUR’s Shannon Dooling guest hosts.  It’s NEXT. (more…)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.